Devlin Hodges was a relatively unknown player for the Pittsburgh Steelers a year ago at this time. He was a southern boy who had just made his first splash as a professional football player by winning a spot on the 90 man roster. Hodges had just unseated Hard Knocks star, Brogan Roback, for the fourth quarterback job.
The former Samford product flashed in the preseason as the Steelers quarterback but the Mason Rudolph was the signal-caller making headlines. After the preseason ended, Rudolph cemented himself as the Steelers number two quarterback behind Ben Roethlisberger.
When the Steelers had to trim their roster to 53, Devlin Hodges was an unemployed quarterback who may have had to start thinking about what his life’s work would be and the reality that his life’s work might not be playing in the NFL.